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Space Machines Company has announced its purchase of Inovor Technologies' Star Tracker, for integration into its Orbital Servicing Vehicle, Optimus.

Space Machines Company is building the Optimus Platform, the largest single Australian-built commercial spacecraft that will deliver transport and service capabilities in orbit.

Equatorial Launch Australia, owner and operator of Australian spaceport, the Arnhem Space Centre, has welcomed the announcement of the signing of the Technology Safeguards Agreement.

Southern Launch has welcomed the signing of a Technology Safeguards Agreement between Australia and the US which will allow for the transfer of US space technology, including rockets and satellites, to be launched from, or returned to, Australia.

Artificial intelligence company AICRAFT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Perth-based Space Angel and Adelaide-based SABRN Tech to integrate its computing systems.

SmartSat has announced that two of its PhD students have been selected to work on satellite research in a new internship program at the European Space Agency’s Φ-lab.

Fugro's Space Automation, AI and Robotics Control Complex in Perth, Western Australia, is to receive an additional $5 million in funding from the WA Government.

Varda Space Industries and Southern Launch announced a partnership to conduct re-entry operations at the Koonibba Test Range.

EOS Space Systems has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with EX-Fusion to explore the usage of high-power laser technologies developed for laser fusion purposes to help address the space debris problem.

ELO2, the consortium behind Australia’s first lunar rover, has invited space enthusiasts to design a system to collect soil from the Moon and deposit it at a NASA run facility.

Lockheed Martin Australia has announced its 12-month sponsorship of the Melbourne Space Program, a not-for-profit dedicated to developing Australia’s future space leaders.

Australian researchers have designed an algorithm that can intercept a man-in-the-middle cyberattack on an unmanned military robot and shut it down in seconds.

Axiom Precision Manufacturing and the Nupress Group have been selected as global supply chain partners by Lockheed Martin for the Orion spacecraft program.

The newest iLAuNCH Trailblazer project aims to reduce weight in satellites through the additive manufacturing of lightweight and thermally stable composite structures.

QuantX Labs has partnered with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) through Airbus Australia to propel quantum clock technology into space.